Tuesday, October 23, 2012

a thief in the night

We have a
housecat, Tammy and four stray cats that hang around the house waiting to be
fed each day.They all love Deli-Cat
(no, this is not a commercial for Deli-Cat.They just seem to really like it).Normally the outside cats get a less expensive brand of cat food and I
use the Deli-Cat as a special treat for them.Tammy (a.k.a. "the princess") is pampered and gets Deli-Cat
all the time plus either Fancy Feast canned or the fancy Market Select Meow Mix
in the small container.

Now you
know why she is also called "the princess".

If you click on any of the pictures, you will get an enlarged version of the picture which will have better detail.

I keep
the Deli-Cat food for the outside cats in a plastic container.Last night some animal thief dragged the
plastic container out of the garage and tried to get to the food with its
teeth.

I keep it
on a large wooden table in the garage.You can see the bite marks on the lid.As luck would have it, I just happen to have a "game camera".

This is a
camera that is motion activated and is used by hunters.I use it at times for security.I set the camera up in the garage aimed at
the table with the plastic container containing the Deli-Cat so that when the
animal thief returns tonight it will snap their picture and then I will know
which of the four cats is the thief.What about our housecat Tammy?She is kept in the house all night every night and so she doesn't have
the opportunity to be the culprit.It
will be interesting to see who it is.The "game cameras" are neat and they are reasonably priced.

THE
CAMERA RESULTS ARE IN!

This
morning the food container was not on the table.

The
plastic container was on the floor with the lid off and most all of the food
eaten.

What a
mess.And look at all of those little
black things.Ants?

Yep.Lots and lots of hungry ants.That's why I had the food in a plastic
storage container to keep the ants out.

Well,
let's see what pictures there are on the game camera.Yep, that is definitely Betty up on the
table.She must be the culprit.At the bottom of the picture it says 1:24 am.She should be asleep at this time.I was.

But wait, we have another visitor.A visitor famous for their thievery. A raccoon.And a well-fed one at that.It
already has its hands or paws on the container.

The
raccoon is working so hard to get into the food container.Of course we already know that he was
successful.And look at the time at the
bottom of the photo,4:18 am.He has that famous raccoon mask on the eyes.

He has
the container on its side and I think that he is close to success. I have to say that he definitely is persistent.

The
mystery has been solved with the cats not to blame.They are off the hook for this bit of
mischief."All's well that ends
well" as they say. I will keep the container in a cabinet in the garage from now on.

Now it is
time a quiz.Don't panic, it is only
one question.Who is this woman and why
is she on a postage stamp?Leave you
answer in the comments section.Lew

2 comments:

I had no idea who this woman was. At first I thought maybe Eleanor Roosevelt, but no. I looked it up. Florence Thompson Owens, a 32-year-old native American migrant worker. The photo of Ms Owens was taken by Dorothea Lange.